Race does matter and so does class but in some areas it does not. Stanford University's CEPA reporting for 2019 shows Gender gaps in literacy ACROSS economic substrates. These are shocking results which we need to do much more specific research into in order to support boys.
it cost my wife and I $60,000 in specialty school tuition and tutors to get our moderately dyslexic, ADHD child up to grade level in reading first, then all subjects. It worked, but the cost is beyond the reach of 95% of parents. It's sickening that overcoming these genetic challenges has become a matter of a) parents' educational attainment and b) class more broadly. We should be ashamed as a nation.
Wow! You have opened my eyes, Richard, about some trends I had not known regarding present day education.
I have glanced at ill designed graphics and seen news programs that tell us about how much academic achievement delayed grade school and high school performance during the Covid lockdowns.
Early on in my schooling I had learned that girls were at least one year more advanced when it came to socialization and language. Any man who is married will attest to the fact that women are more voluble than men.
I suspect there will be no easy solutions to bringing boys closer to the academic achievements of girls.
So much of what you discussed here is not caused merely by the fact that boys start school with at least a one year behind girls due simply to the norms of biology. Boys are not as prone to calmly sitting. They are far more boisterous than girls, where as girls mature far faster than boys in terms of social and language skills.
I look forward, Richard, to reading more of your essays.
Kudos to Brookings, the first of many think tanks, we can hope, to recognize the gender issues of men and boys as a monumentally progressive cause. (Let's also hope there are philanthropies to follow in this recognition.)
Race does matter and so does class but in some areas it does not. Stanford University's CEPA reporting for 2019 shows Gender gaps in literacy ACROSS economic substrates. These are shocking results which we need to do much more specific research into in order to support boys.
it cost my wife and I $60,000 in specialty school tuition and tutors to get our moderately dyslexic, ADHD child up to grade level in reading first, then all subjects. It worked, but the cost is beyond the reach of 95% of parents. It's sickening that overcoming these genetic challenges has become a matter of a) parents' educational attainment and b) class more broadly. We should be ashamed as a nation.
Nice article. Another interesting question might be “While the gap is indeed increasing, is the overall achievement decreasing for both genders?”
Wow! You have opened my eyes, Richard, about some trends I had not known regarding present day education.
I have glanced at ill designed graphics and seen news programs that tell us about how much academic achievement delayed grade school and high school performance during the Covid lockdowns.
Early on in my schooling I had learned that girls were at least one year more advanced when it came to socialization and language. Any man who is married will attest to the fact that women are more voluble than men.
I suspect there will be no easy solutions to bringing boys closer to the academic achievements of girls.
So much of what you discussed here is not caused merely by the fact that boys start school with at least a one year behind girls due simply to the norms of biology. Boys are not as prone to calmly sitting. They are far more boisterous than girls, where as girls mature far faster than boys in terms of social and language skills.
I look forward, Richard, to reading more of your essays.
Kudos to Brookings, the first of many think tanks, we can hope, to recognize the gender issues of men and boys as a monumentally progressive cause. (Let's also hope there are philanthropies to follow in this recognition.)